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• Kate’s smile for William during Garter Day procession

  15-06-2026 16:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  She stood with the Duchess of Edinburgh chatting to clergy and a nearby policeman for around 15 minutes before the Garter Knights appeared.
  
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• London council reports officers to police after threat to ‘rip man’s teeth out’

  15-06-2026 23:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The footage, thought to have been recorded using Meta glasses, shows a heated confrontation with a member of the public
  
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• Streeting details plans to fast track new infrastructure schemes to boost growth

  15-06-2026 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former health secretary will set out his proposals for getting major new infrastructure projects built in a speech on Tuesday.
  
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• Starmer to step up pressure on Russia at G7 with new sanctions

  15-06-2026 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The measures will target Russia’s shadow fleet and the finance networks the country uses to circumvent western sanctions.
  
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• Starmer attends G7 as Trump announces Strait of Hormuz to reopen

  15-06-2026 22:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  It was Sir Keir Starmer’s first meeting with Mr Trump since the President said he was ‘no Winston Churchill’ in March
  
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• Police incident sees Swat team deployed near first England World Cup venue

  15-06-2026 21:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dozens of Arlington police vehicles could be seen around a mile-and-a-half from the AT&T Stadium.
  
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• Trump does not believe US would ‘need much help’ in Strait of Hormuz

  15-06-2026 21:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The UK and France have led plans for a defensive mission to protect and reassure vessels in the channel once hostilities are over.
  
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• Russian shadow fleet tanker captain charged after being intercepted in Channel

  15-06-2026 21:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Indian national Ajay Pant, 38, will appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday
  
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• Residents outraged as west London flat block becomes fly-tipping hotspot

  15-06-2026 21:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Locals at Felix Court in Yiewsley say problems around their block, including a rat infestation, have increased in recent years
  
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• Captain of Russian shadow fleet vessel charged with contravening sanctions

  15-06-2026 20:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Indian national Ajay Pant, 38, will appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
  
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• Met arrests 117 people in central London after court rules Palestine Action ban was lawful

  15-06-2026 20:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The ban, which began on July 5 last year, made membership of, or support for, the direct action group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison
  
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• Police say 35 arrests made after disorder that followed Belfast stabbing

  15-06-2026 20:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  A senior detective defended the PSNI’s approach to tackling disorder on the streets of Belfast and elsewhere last week.
  
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• More than 100 arrested at protest outside court amid Palestine Action ruling

  15-06-2026 19:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said 117 people were arrested on suspicion of expressing support for a proscribed group during a protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice.
  
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• Appeal issued about claims officers advised nurses to show ID to masked men

  15-06-2026 19:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said no-one had yet made direct contact making such allegations, but urged those who may have experienced it to get in contact.
  
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• 15-year-old boy fights for life after being stabbed in east London

  15-06-2026 18:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the attack in Ilford
  
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• 'Seconds' for three rail workers in tunnel to avoid London passenger train in 'near miss' after works blunder

  15-06-2026 18:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  A mix-up over tunnels led to the track workers being in an ‘unsafe’ position when the train from Waterloo to Guildford suddenly appeared behind them
  
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• Social media ban for under-16s ‘watershed moment for child protection’

  15-06-2026 18:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  The restrictions, to be in place by spring next year, will leave technology firms, rather than children, liable for enforcement action.
  
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• Man, 75, arrested for murder after woman, 70, found dead in east London

  15-06-2026 17:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  The woman was found dead at the scene in Boulton Road, Dagenham
  
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• Senior PSNI officer denies telling witnesses what to say at inquest

  15-06-2026 17:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Noah Donohoe, a pupil at St Malachy’s College, was 14 when his naked body was found in a storm drain tunnel in north Belfast.
  
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• Court of Appeal’s Palestine Action ruling paves way for scores of criminal cases

  15-06-2026 17:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 700 criminal cases of people accused of supporting Palestine Action may now go ahead after the ban on the group was deemed lawful.
  
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• 86 households contact Housing Executive after Northern Ireland riots

  15-06-2026 17:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Communities Minister Gordon Lyons condemned those he described as ‘intent on destroying communities’.
  
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• Makerfield by-election: When will result be announced, latest odds, and who are the candidates?

  15-06-2026 17:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Everything you need to know about by-election that will decide if Andy Burnham returns to Westminster to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for leadership
  
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• Teacher guilty of sexual abuse and murder of baby who was treated as ‘plaything’

  15-06-2026 17:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jamie Varley, 37, adopted Preston Davey at nine months old with his partner, financial sales manager John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32.
  
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• Streeting backs his Labour leadership rival Burnham at Makerfield by-election as 'race' starts to replace Starmer

  15-06-2026 16:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Possible challengers to Keir Starmer as Labour leader and Prime Minister are already jockeying for position
  
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• Mother who fled cartel violence in Colombia considers return after teenage son stabbed at London house party

  15-06-2026 16:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  The mother of murdered schoolboy Brayan David Saldarriaga said her family moved to London in pursuit of a ‘better’ and ‘safer’ future
  
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• Defence closes case in Sir Jeffrey Donaldson sex offences trial

  15-06-2026 16:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 63-year-old has pleaded not guilty to 18 alleged offences.
  
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• Sentence given to Henry Nowak’s killer to be reviewed by Court of Appeal

  15-06-2026 16:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Solicitor General applied for the jail term given to 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa to be reconsidered under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
  
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• Irish border is ‘wrong issue’ to focus on after Belfast stabbing – Taoiseach

  15-06-2026 16:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Micheál Martin emphasised the importance of data sharing and intelligence sharing between Irish and British authorities.
  
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• O’Neill urges probe into claim police advised nurses to show IDs to masked gangs

  15-06-2026 16:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Stormont’s First Minister said she had contacted PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher about the allegation.
  
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• MP reigniting assisted dying debate says faith in democracy must be restored

  15-06-2026 16:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lauren Edwards said she was ‘really disappointed and quite frustrated’ when the Bill ran out of time in the House of Lords.
  
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